Holder for a Rod

ABSTRACT

A holder for a rod, which has a pivoting section ( 19 ) and an angled bearing section ( 20 ), is equipped with a bearing arrangement ( 1 ) which has a bearing channel ( 3 ) which can be fitted with the bearing section ( 20 ), wherein the pivoting section ( 19 ) protrudes on a pivoting side ( 21 ) over the bearing arrangement ( 1 ) and can be pivoted. Furthermore, there is a closure part ( 8 ) which is mounted on the insertion side ( 7 ) at a distance upstream of the bearing channel ( 3 ), with a receiving space ( 9 ) being formed. The closure part ( 8 ) has a passage recess ( 17 ), which is open on an edge side ( 14 ), for the passage of the pivoting section ( 19 ) and the bearing section ( 20 ) of the rod, wherein the pivoting section ( 19 ) can be positioned in the receiving space ( 9 ). As a result, the bearing 0 section ( 20 ) can be fitted in a relatively simple manner and the rod is nevertheless reliably held in an operating position, wherein, furthermore, for the correct use of the rod, certain possibilities are provided for setting up limiting devices ( 10, 12 ).

The invention relates to a holder for a rod as described in the preamble of claim 1.

Such a holder is known from FR 2 544 034 A1. The known holder for a rod, which has a pivoting section and an angled bearing section opposite the pivoting section, has a bearing arrangement, which is equipped with a bearing channel. The bearing section of the rod can be inserted in the bearing channel from an insertion side, the bearing section being rotatably mounted in the bearing channel such that the pivoting section protrudes on a pivoting side over the bearing arrangement and can be pivoted. The bearing arrangement is executed with a fastening part that can be fastened to a carrier part and with a covering part that can be joined with the fastening part, the bearing channel being formed through provision of a semicylindrical channel wall in both the fastening part and the covering part. This construction is relatively simple, but cannot be satisfactorily used in all applications.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder for a rod of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the bearing section can be inserted in a relatively simple manner and the rod is nevertheless reliably held in an operating position and which, furthermore, for the correct use of the rod, certain possibilities are provided for setting up limiting devices.

This object is achieved according to the invention in a holder for a rod of the type mentioned at the outset with the characteristic features of claim 1.

Due to the embodiment of the holder according to the invention, the rod can be arranged, after the insertion of its bearing section in the bearing channel, aligning the pivoting section for passage through the passage recess, so that the pivoting section is arranged in the receiving space. In this manner it is achieved that the rod is secured against unintended loosening from the holder and that it is possible, due to the provision of limiting devices protruding into the receiving space, to create stops or barriers for the pivoting motion.

Further useful embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

The following description of a preferred exemplary embodiment, with reference to the figures of the drawing, gives rise to further useful embodiments and advantages. Shown are:

FIG. 1 A perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a holder according to the invention, which can be fastened to a carrier part, with a view of a pivoting side facing away from the carrier part,

FIG. 2 A perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a view of the edge side facing towards the carrier part,

FIG. 3 A perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with an inserted rod with a view of the pivoting side facing away from the carrier part.

FIG. 1 shows, in a perspective view, an exemplary embodiment of a holder according to the invention, which can be fastened to a carrier part not shown in FIG. 1, for example of an automobile body. It can be seen from the representation according to FIG. 1 that a bearing arrangement 1 is present, which has a number of reinforcing ribs 2. The reinforcing ribs 2 reinforce the bearing arrangement 1 and support a bearing wall 4 surrounding a bearing channel 3 with a cylindrical cross section. Furthermore, the bearing arrangement 1 is executed with a first fastening area 5 and a second fastening area 6, which are arranged to fasten the holder according to the invention to the carrier part.

A closure part 8 is mounted to the bearing arrangement 1 at a distance upstream from an insertion side 7, a receiving space 9 being formed between the bearing arrangement 1 and the closure part 8. On one side, the receiving space 9 is bounded by a bearing ramp 10 as a limiting device which is arranged between the bearing arrangement 1 and the closure part 8 and has a receiving recess 11, which is semicylindrical in the exemplary embodiment shown.

On the side of the receiving space 9 located opposite the bearing ramp 10, blocking projections 12, 13, integrally molded opposite one another to the bearing arrangement 1 and closure part 8 respectively, extend into the receiving space 9 as further limiting devices, each blocking projection 12, 13 being formed by means of a gently rising sliding side 15 facing an underside 14 of the holder according to the invention and a blocking side 16, steeply falling with respect to the sliding side 15 and facing away from the underside 14.

Finally, the closure part 8 is formed with a passage recess 17, which is open to the underside 14 as an edge side and has a closed, convex closure wall, which is located in the extension of the channel wall 4.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a view of the underside 14. It can be seen from FIG. 2 that the bearing channel 3 is completely closed on its circumference and that a number of connecting ribs 18 are formed in the area of the bearing ramp 10 to connect the bearing arrangement 1 with the closure part 8 on the side on which the bearing ramp 10 is formed.

FIG. 3 shows, in a perspective view, the exemplary embodiment defined based on FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 of a holder according to the invention, in which a round rod is inserted, and which has a pivoting section 19 already arranged in the receiving space 9 in the description according to FIG. 3 and a right-angled bearing section 20 opposite the pivoting section 19, which is inserted in the bearing channel 3.

To convey the rod into the holder according to the invention, it is aligned with its pivoting section 19 in extension of the passage recess 17 and with the bearing section 20 flush with the bearing channel 3. Then the bearing section 20 is inserted in the bearing channel 3 until the pivoting section 19 is arranged in the area of the receiving space 9 and after sliding on the sliding sides 15 of the blocking projections 12, 13 and overcoming this barrier in the arrangements shown in FIG. 3.

In the arrangement according to FIG. 3, the rear engagement of the blocking projections 12, 13 excludes the pivoting section 19 with some certainty from unintentionally rotating out from the receiving space 9 on the one hand, while the blocking by the closure part 8 prevents the bearing section 20 from being able to slide out of the bearing channel 3 on the other hand.

In this preassembled arrangement, the holder with the rod inserted can now be connected with the carrier part, the pivoting section 19 now being fixed inside the receiving space 9 after completion of the connection and being able to be pivoted on a pivoting side 21 opposite the underside 14 between the arrangement depicted in FIG. 3 up to an end position established in the embodiment of the bearing ramp 10, in which it comes to rest in the receiving recess 11, which is adapted in its form to the rounded outside diameter of the pivoting section 19. In an opposite pivoting direction, the steeply positioned blocking sides 16 of the blocking projections 12, 13 form a likewise defined barrier as protection for the carrier part. 

1-7. (canceled)
 8. A holder for securing a rod to a carrier part, the rod including a pivoting section and an angled bearing section opposite the pivoting section, said holder comprising: a bearing arrangement having a bearing channel in which the bearing section of the rod is insertable from an insertion side of said bearing channel, and in which the bearing section of the rod can be rotatably mounted with the pivoting section protruding from a pivoting side of said bearing arrangement; a pair of fastening areas formed on an underside of said bearing arrangement opposite said pivoting side, said fastening areas fastenable to the carrier part; and a closure part mounted on said insertion side at a distance spaced from said bearing channel, said closure part including a passage recess open on an edge side thereof for the passage therethrough of the pivoting section and the bearing section of the rod, and a receiving space formed between said bearing arrangement and said closure part for accommodating the pivoting section of the rod, said passage recess open to said underside of said holder, wherein when said holder is connected to the carrier part, the pivoting section of the rod inserted in the holder is fixed in said receiving space.
 9. The holder of claim 8, wherein said bearing arrangement and said closure part each include a limiting device disposed in said receiving space.
 10. The holder of claim 8, further including a bearing ramp formed on said pivoting side as a limiting device against which the pivoting section of the rod comes to rest in a final position.
 11. The holder of claim 10, wherein said bearing ramp includes a receiving recess for receiving the pivoting section of the rod.
 12. The holder of claim 10, further comprising a first blocking projection formed as a further limiting device on one of said bearing arrangement and said closure part, said first blocking projection disposed adjacent said receiving space on a side of said receiving space opposite said bearing ramp.
 13. The holder of claim 12, further comprising a second blocking projection formed as a further limiting device on the other of said bearing arrangement and said closure part, said second blocking projection disposed opposite said first blocking projection.
 14. The holder of claim 8, wherein said bearing arrangement is a single part and said bearing channel is circumferentially enclosed by a channel wall integrated into a number of reinforcing ribs of said bearing arrangement. 